{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Federal recall 13T003: Federal Corporation Couragia A/T",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13t003/",
  "summary": "Recall 13T003 (Federal): Tire shoulder tread chunking could cause a tire failure and increase the risk of a crash.",
  "excerpt": "Federal Corporation Couragia A/T, model year 9999. Filed by Federal Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 1 April 2013. 8,513 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Federal Corporation is recalling certain Couragia A/T tires, size P265/75R16 116S, DOT Serial Numbers UX77 3210-UX770813. In the affected tires, excessive heat causes tread shoulder chunking. Thus, these tires fail to conform to the durability test requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 139, \"New … Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Tire shoulder tread chunking could cause a tire failure and increase the risk of a crash.” 13T003 Federal Corporation Tires:Tread/Belt 1 April 2013 9999-9999 FEDERAL CORPORATION COURAGIA A/T Tire shoulder tread chunking could cause a tire failure and increase the risk of a crash. Federal Corporation will notify owners and will replace the tires, free of charge. The recall began on April 30, 2013. Owners may contact Federal Tires consumer hotline at 1-855-444-8250. This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T14:58:17+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-17T06:47:06+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Federal recall 13T003: Federal Corporation Couragia A/T\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13t003/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}